Data from the 2011 Local Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey are now available upon request.
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MEDMS to be unavailable March 1-2
The Maine Education Data Management System, or MEDMS, will be unavailable March 1 and 2 as the system transitions to new server hardware.
Applications needed for ed jobs funds; MEDMS reporting starts March 5
Maine school units must submit completed workbooks in order to claim their portion of a $574,000 supplemental award the Department of Education has received from the federal Education Jobs Fund Program.
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Special Education Q & A: Written Notice
The Maine Department of Education has added a question and answer to the Maine Unified Special Education Regulations (MUSER) Questions and Answers document found on the Department’s website. The new question and answer gives more information about the State-required special education Written Notice form.
Preliminary state education subsidy printouts for 2012-13
Preliminary State subsidy printouts (ED 279) for school administrative units are now available this morning on the Maine DOE funding web pages. These subsidy amounts for FY 2012-13 are only preliminary and do not represent final action of the 125th Legislature and therefore should only be used as “initial” guidance for your budget preparations. Continue reading “Preliminary state education subsidy printouts for 2012-13”
Update: State support for Infinite Campus, PowerSchool
The Maine Department of Education indicated in October 2010 that we would work to financially support some new local implementations of PowerSchool and Infinite Campus data systems, and would develop a system for prioritizing which school systems would be first in line to receive such support.
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Preliminary state education subsidies for 2012-13
Preliminary State subsidy information for school administrative units will be available this afternoon at 1 p.m. on the Maine DOE website. These subsidy amounts for FY 2012-13 are only preliminary and do not represent final action of the 125th Legislature and therefore should only be used as “initial” guidance for your budget preparations. Some calculations included in these amounts are dependent upon enactment of statutory changes.
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Subsidy to be withheld for missing audits
The Maine Department of Education will begin to withhold state subsidy payments for school units that have not submitted financial audits by Feb. 15.
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Week highlights school counselor contributions
The annual National School Counseling Week focuses on celebrating the positive impact professional school counselors have in helping students achieve success in school and plan for the future.
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Winter trainings focus on PBIS
The Southern Maine Area Resource Team for Schools is offering training sessions this winter focused on implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports.
